there was never anyone who looked like you, or almost like you. you were so excited, every week you looked forward to Thursdays because Thursday meant a chai and choir practice and best of all 40 minutes of You on screen. Uncomfortable, Brown, intelligent, and Ugly. You knew you were Ugly. Brown skin with too much fur too much weight not enough spice- Ugly. But every Thursday, here She was. one day your mother told you that She wasn't really ugly, that she was just the closest they would allow on screen. It broke your heart. She was television Ugly, Ugly in the moment. You would always be ugly.You're 20 years old and you can't move. Your body aches and your muscles are tied up in ways you don't understand and your whole life you were told that with those Big Latina Hips and Tiny Little Waist, one thing would be easy for you and yet you can't move and the pain and the pain and the pain, nothing is easy now. you remember how you used to focus, how it was difficult but you could focus. now everything is TV fuzz, static and snow. press play. you watch to remember. you watch and your boyfriend screams at you for watching because you should be working but you can't work, there's too much fuzzzzzzzzzz. but She works and She persists and She kisses white boys who never shout and She leaves and She is beautiful yet Ugly like you. watch to remember.this review is part of a digital narratives project

I have been an Ugly Betty fan since episode 1 back in 2006. The minute America Ferrera's plucky Betty Suarez walked through the doors of Mode in her Guadalajara poncho, I knew I was going to love this show. I've been a faithful fan for all four seasons and was truly sad to see it go. So much so that I put off watching the series finale until today - nearly a month after it originally aired. Throughout it's four seasons, Ugly Betty remained witty and engaging. Ugly Betty knew how to play up the drama, but what made this show so endearing was its expert use of comedy. Vanessa Williams, Ana Ortiz, and Becki Newton and the rest of the cast provided constant moments of hilarity throughout the years. For anyone who needs a good laugh, a twist of drama, and a downright feel good show to watch, Ugly Betty is the show for you. It certainly was for me. It was definitely a bitter sweet goodbye. My only complaint is that the series was cut far too short. ABC tends to do that however. They tend to not know what a good thing they have until its gone. The Ugly Betty series finale is one of those finales you will watch with a nagging pit in your stomach as you realize your journey with these characters has come to an end. But after it's over, the resolution is so perfect that you can't help but feel relieved that despite the end of your journey, their stories will continue to live on in your head.

This long time New Yorker had an instant connection with this program. When Betty first told Marc that she had just graduated from Queens College, I had to laugh at his sarcastic reply, "That's a terrific value school." From that moment on this fellow grad of the very same "value school" had felt a kinship with Betty.Of course the plot twists were often over the top, but I was fascinated by it; and my wife and I looked forward to the days that it popped up on our recorder. Sure it was preposterous, but the affection of the Suarez family, along with everyone who set foot in that little house in Queens, was as genuine as television can get.I had a bet with my wife that in the final episode Daniel would go to London and ask Betty to marry him. I should have recognized that the quality of the writing, the human reality under the wackiness would not allow such a clichéd ending. He did go to London, and he was going through just enough of a personal transformation that one could very well anticipate that over time, things could end with them being together.But then again, maybe not. Ugly Betty is a program that didn't make it in Germany and other countries. But this Country, with all it's failures, all its faults, has gone through a monumental social revolution over the last half century, that happens to coincide with my adult life. So, it could portray a young man whose entrance into adulthood is a dance with another boy; no longer an absurdity, but while still a stretch in a Mexican ethnic household, not so much to be unacceptable to a large audience.The country has changed, and this program, one that I will sorely miss, chronicled this transformation.

Ugly Betty is a show about a girl who has a very bizarre appearance including old-fashioned clothes and red glasses and she is trying to get a job at Mode magazine,a fashion magazine with very superficial and shallow employees.Betty is trying to adjust to this kind of lifestyle and she is also looking for her prince charming.I have to admit that i absolutely LOVE this show.It's so smart and witty and very different from the usual telenovelas.The actors are very well-chosen,the script is outstanding and the directing is wonderful.What i really like about this show,though,is the message that it gives out.It shows that everybody no matter how they look,they shouldn't be ashamed and should have everything that other people have.When i watch this show,i always feel happy because the situations that are shown are very real and true I totally recommend this show for everyone and trust me you will be amazed by this wonderful series.I hope it lasts for long.